The music program at Church of the Transfiguration is diverse, creative and grounded in the unique Anglican heritage of music in the Episcopal Church. Our music not only adds beauty to the service but also provides a means for deepening our spiritual and worship experience.

The church’s choral program currently consists of two choirs; an adult choir and children are brought together from time to time in ad hoc choirs.

The Adult Choir rehearses each Wednesday evening at 7:30 from September through May and sings at the 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist every Sunday. This group performs a variety of sacred choral music throughout the year, both in Eucharistic and other liturgical services. The adult choir performs Advent Lessons and Carols and an occasional Choral Evensong with neighboring congregational choirs, and special instruments and vocalists are featured from time to time.

Since the fall of 2006, A Youth Choir has become part of the Sunday School curriculum. Children, ages 7 through 11 meet regularly to learn basic music competency and voice training. The Youth Choir is introduced to singing simple melodies, rounds and two-part pieces that supplement their Sunday School curriculum. The Youth Choir sings at approximately 4 services throughout the year.

Our primary instrument, a one manual, eight rank Roederer tracker pipe organ (Evanston, Illinois, 1970) was purchased from the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, where it had been used for only a year while their new organ was being built. The organ has six stops: 16' Subbass, 8' Gedackt, 4' Principal, 4' Rohrflöte, 2' Octave, and Mixture III. It has one 61-note manual, 32-note pedals, and a manual-to-pedal coupler.

Transfiguration has two rehearsal pianos, one in the choir loft, and one in Leach Hall; and a three octave set of chimes.

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